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    Kilju, sometimes romanized as Kilchu, is a county in North Hamgyong province, North Korea. The county seat is Kilju Town. The area around Kilju was part...
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    P'unggye-ri is a village located in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The Punggye Station serves the village. The Punggye-ri Nuclear...
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    Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kilju-ŭp, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Paektusan...
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  • Hamgyong Mountains. It is located on the border between Kilju County, Myŏnggan County and Orang County. Political prisoners were reportedly forced to dig tunnels...
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    representative. North Hamgyong is divided into three cities (si) and 12 counties (kun). These are further divided into villages (ri) in rural areas and...
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  • Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County, an underground nuclear test was carried out. The United States...
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    41.343°N 129.036°E / 41.343; 129.036 Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County Period 12:00:01, 3 September 2017 (2017-09-03T12:00:01) UTC+08:30 (03:30:01...
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    (양도; 洋島) (Kilju County) K'ŭnsŏm (큰섬 Keunseom) (Rason Special City) Maegido (매기도; 每基島) (Kyŏngwŏn County) Ryudado (류다도; 柳多島) (Kyŏngwŏn County) Pansŏng Archipelago...
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    Commission, near the site of previous nuclear tests at Mantapsan in Kilju County. A large tremor, first estimated at magnitude of 4.9, was detected in...
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  • Paek Nam-sun (category People from Kilju County)
    Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight. Paek was born in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province. Paek graduated from Kim Il Sung University...
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    Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County. North Korea's previous nuclear test was conducted 8 months earlier...
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    has three visible tunnel entrances. It is in mountainous terrain in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mantapsan, 2 km...
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    test, like the 2006 test, is believed to have occurred at Mantapsan, Kilju County, in the north-eastern part of North Korea. This was found by an earthquake...
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  • Ho Sun-hui (category People from Kilju County)
    Ho Sun-hui (born 5 March 1980) is a female North Korean former football midfielder and now a referee. She was part of the North Korea women's national...
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    Information Country North Korea Test site Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County Period 10:35:28 KST, October 9, 2006 Number of tests 1 Test type Unknown...
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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  • Sŏnghu station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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    41.306°N 129.029°E / 41.306; 129.029, Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County. Period 09:54:43, 25 May 2009 (2009-05-25T09:54:43) KST Number of tests...
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  • Chaedŏk station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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  • immigrated to Liaoyang. Then, Ja Hong seon (Hanja: 慈弘善) immigrated to Kilju County with his sons named Ja Gyeong bo (Hanja: 慈慶輔), Ja Sun jik (Hanja: 慈順直)...
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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    standard-gauge secondary mainline of the Korean State Railway running from Kilju on the P'yŏngra Line to Hyesan on the Pukbunaeryuk Line; it connects to...
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    counties (kun): Myonggan County Hwadae County Kilju County Kyongsong County Musan County Myongchon County Onsong County Orang County Puryong County Kyongwon...
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  • Thumbnail for Yi Si-ae's Rebellion
    Hamgyong Province) led by General Yi Si-ae, a member of Yangban landowners in Kilju, Hamgil Province, to rebel against the centralized policy of King Sejo....
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  • Sŏngdŏk station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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  • P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean...
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  • Thumbnail for Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration
    Korean government with an approximate earthquake magnitude of 4.5 in Kilju County. Later, American President Barack Obama declared that North Korea is...
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  • Thumbnail for Pukkwan Victory Monument
    the invading army of Japan during the Imjin War. First erected in 1707 in Kilju in what is now North Korea, it was subsequently taken to Japan during the...
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  • of the Korean State Railway in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the...
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